CHAPTER 6

GOVERNANCE IN PHILIPPINE
EDUCATION SYSTEM

REPUBLIC ACT.NO 9155

Presenter:
Jenu Chemie Villamor
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9155

An act instituting a frame work of governance for basic education establishing authority and
accountability, renaming the department of education, culture and sports as the department of
education, and for other purposes.

Section 1.

Short Title
“Governance of basic education Act NO. 9155”

Section 2.

Declaration of Policy
 It is hereby declared the policy of the State to protect and promote the right of all citizens.
 to make such education accessible

 Compulsory education in the elementary level and free education in the high school level.
 Include alternative learning systems for out-of-school youth and adult learners. It shall
be the goal of basic education to provide them with the skills, knowledge and values.
 Where the policy and principle for the governance of basic education shall be translated
into programs, projects and services developed, adapted and offered to fit local needs.
 The State shall ensure that the values, needs and aspirations of a school community are
reflected in the program of education for the children, out-of-school youth and adult
learners.
 The state shall encourage local initiatives for improving the quality of basic education.
 The state shall ensure that the values, needs and aspiration of school community.
 Schools and learning centers shall be empowered to make decisions on what is best for
the learners they serve.

Section 3.

Purposes and Objectives

 (a) To provide the framework for the governance of basic education.

 (b) To define the roles and responsibilities of and provide resources to, the
field offices.
  (c) To make schools and learning centers the most important vehicle for the
teaching and learning of national values and for developing in the Filipino
learners.
 (d) To ensure that schools and learning centers receive the kind of focused
attention they deserve and that educational programs, projects and services
take into account the interests of all members of the community;
 (e) To enable the schools and learning centers to reflect the values of the
community.
 (f) To encourage local initiatives for the improvement of schools and learning
centers.
 (g) To establish schools and learning centers as facilities where
schoolchildren are able to learn a range of core competencies.

Section 4.
Definition of Terms
Chapter 1
“Governance of Basic Education”

Section 5.
Principles of Shared Governance

 (a) Shared governance is a principle which recognizes that every unit in the education
bureaucracy has a particular role, task and responsibility.
 (b) The process of democratic consultation shall be observed in the decision-making
process at appropriate levels.
 (c) The principles of accountability and transparency shall be operationalized in the
performance of functions and responsibilities at all levels.
 (d) The communication channels of field offices shall be strengthened to facilitate flow of
information and expand linkages.

Section 6.
Governance

 The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall henceforth be called the
Department of Education. It shall be vested with authority, accountability and
responsibility for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of
basic education. Arts, culture and sports shall be as provided for in Sections 8 and 9
hereof.

Section 7.
Powers, Duties and Functions

 The Secretary of the Department of Education shall exercise overall authority and
supervision over the operations of the Department.

A National Level
* The Secretary of Education shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for the
following:

(1) Formulating national educational policies;

(2) Formulating a national basic education plan;
(3) Promulgating national educational Standards;
(4) Monitoring and assessing national learning outcomes
(5) Undertaking national educational research and studies;
(6) Enhancing the employment status, professional competence, welfare and working conditions
of all personnel of the Department; and
(7) Enhancing the total development of learners through local and national programs and/or
projects.

B. Regional Level.
*The regional director shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for the following:
(1)Defining a regional educational policy framework which reflects the values, needs and
expectations of the communities they serve;
(2) Developing a regional basic education plan;
(3) Developing regional educational standards with a view towards bench-marking for
international competitiveness;
(4) Monitoring, evaluating and assessing regional learning outcomes;
(5) Undertaking research projects and developing and managing region wide projects which may
be funded through official development assistance and/or or other finding agencies;
(6) Ensuring strict compliance with prescribed national criteria for the recruitment, selection and
training of all staff in the region and divisions.
(7) Formulating, in coordination with the regional development council, the budget to support
the regional educational plan which shall take into account the educational plans of the divisions
and districts;
(8) Determining the organization component of the divisions and districts and approving the
proposed staffing pattern of all employees in the divisions and districts;
(9) Hiring, placing and evaluating all employees in the regional office, except for the position of
assistant director;
(10) Evaluating all schools division superintendents and assistant division superintendents in the
region;
(II) Planning and managing the effective and efficient use of all personnel, physical and fiscal
resources of the regional office, including professional staff development.;
(12) Managing the database and management information system of the region;
(13) Approving the establishment of public and private elementary and high schools and learning
centers; and
(14) Preforming such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.

C. Division Level
*The schools division superintendents shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for
the following:

(1)Developing and implementing division education development plans;

(2) Planning and managing the effective and efficient use of all personnel, physical and fiscal
resources of the division, including professional staff development;
(3) Monitoring the utilization of funds provided by the national government and the local
government units to the schools and learning centers;

D. Schools District Level

*The schools district supervisor shall be responsible for:
(1) Providing professional and instructional advice and support to the school heads and
teachers/facilitators of schools and learning centers in the district or cluster thereof;
(2) Curricula supervision.
(3) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.

E. School Level
*The school heads shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for the following:

(1)Setting the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the school;

(2) Creating an environment within the school that is conducive to teaching and learning;
(3) Implementing the school curriculum and being accountable for higher learning outcomes;
(4) Developing the school education program and school improvement plan;
(5) Offering educational programs, projects and services which provide equitable opportunities
for all learners in the community;
(6) Introducing new and innovative modes of instruction to achieve higher learning outcomes;
(7) Administering and managing all personnel, physical and fiscal resources of the school;
(8) Recommending the staffing complement of the school based on its needs;
(9) Encouraging staff development;
(10) Establishing school and community networks and encouraging the active participation of
teacher’s organizations, non-academic personnel of public schools, and parents-teachers-
community associations;
(11) Accepting donations, gifts, bequests and grants for the purpose of upgrading teachers'
learning facilitators' competencies, improving and expanding school facilities and providing
instructional materials and equipment. Such donations or grants must be reported to the
appropriate district supervisors and division superintendents;
(12) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.
Chapter 2.
Transfer of Cultural Agencies

Section 8.
Cultural Agencies
 The Komisyon ng Wikang Pilipino, National Historical Institute, Records Management and
Archives Office and the National Library shall now be administratively attached to the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and no longer with the Department
of Education. The program for school arts and culture shall remain part of the school
curriculum.

Chapter 3
ABOLITION OF THE BUREAU OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SPORTS

Section 9.
Abolition of BPESS
All functions, programs and activities of the Department of Education related to sports
competition shall be transferred to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). The program for
school sports and physical fitness shall remain part of the basic education curriculum.

Chapter 4
Support and Assistance of other government agencies
Section 10
 The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Budget and Management shall, within
ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, jointly promulgate the guidelines on the
allocation, distribution and utilization of resources provided by thenational government
for the field offices, taking into consideration the uniqueness of the working conditions
of the teaching service.

Section 11
 The Secretary of the Department of Education, subject to civil service laws and
regulations, shall issue appropriate personnel policy rules and regulations that will best
meet the requirements of the teaching profession taking into consideration the
uniqueness of the working conditions of the teaching service.

Section 12
 The Commission on Audit, in the issuance of audit rules and regulations that will govern
the utilization of all resources as well as the liquidation, recording and reporting thereof,
shall take into account the different characteristics and distinct features of the
department's field offices, its organizational set up as well as the nature of the operations
of schools and learning centers.
Chapter 5
Final Provision

Section 13
Governance in ARMM
The Regional Education Secretary for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) shall
exercise similar governance authority over the divisions, districts, schools and learning centers in
the region as may be provided in the Organic Act. without prejudice to the provisions of Republic
Act No. 9054, entitled "An Act to Strengthen and Expand tile Organic Act for the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No.6734, entitled' An Act
Providing for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, as amended"'.

Section 14
. Rules and Regulations
The Secretary of Education shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations within
ninety (90) days after the approval of this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of Education shall
fully implement the principle of shared governance within two (2) years after the approval of this
Act.

Section 15.
. Separability Clause.
If for any reason, any portion or provision of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional, other
parts or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and
effect.

Section 16
.Repealing Clause
All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, part or parts thereof, inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 17.
Effectivity Clause.
This Act. Shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two (2) newspapers
of general circulation.